Hearts in turmoil
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Hearts in turmoil |
| Original title | Jew |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Winterbottom |
| script | Hossein Amini |
| production | Andrew Eaton |
| music | Adrian Johnston |
| camera | Eduardo Serra |
| cut | Trevor Waite |
| occupation | |
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Jude ( Jew ) is a British film drama of Michael Winterbottom from the year 1996 . The screenplay by Hossein Amini is based on the novel Herzen in Aufruhr (also: Im Dunkeln ; original title: Jude the Obscure ) by Thomas Hardy .
action
Jude Fawley lives in Victorian England . He dreams of a university degree, but becomes a craftsman because the University of Christminster does not accept him. Jude marries a country woman, Arabella, after she claims she is expecting a child.
A few months later, Arabella left him and traveled to Australia. Jude moves to Christminster after all and works there as a stonemason when he meets his cousin Sue Bridehead. Soon Jude and Sue become close friends. After Sue stayed at Jude's one time, a relationship between the two is suspected. Sue threatens to lose her training place in the teachers' college.
Sue marries the teacher Phillotson, in whose school she worked for a long time. She later leaves him to live with Jude. Jude and Sue have two children. Society regards this extramarital relationship as scandalous.
It turns out that Arabella gave birth to a child a few months after leaving Australia. Since her family is no longer ready to support the son, he is sent to England and raised by Jude and Sue. One day he kills his half-siblings and himself. Sue loses her previously liberal attitude and becomes very religious. She sees the death of her children as a punishment from God for their wrongful conduct and returns to her husband Phillotson.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of November 1, 1996 that only the " energy of the main characters " and the camera work would " save " the film .
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a " remarkable adaptation of the novel that strives to be faithful to the original ". He captivates " with an extraordinary composition and a subtle update " and is "carried by excellent actors ". The film addresses the " conflict between spirit and nature, individual and society " in the " human interior ".
Awards
Michael Winterbottom won the Dinard British Film Festival Golden Hitchcock and an Edinburgh International Film Festival award in 1996 ; In 1996 he was nominated for a prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . Kate Winslet won the Evening Standard British Film Award in 1997 . Christopher Eccleston and Hossein Amini were nominated for the 1997 Golden Satellite Award . Eduardo Serra won the Silver Frog of the Polish Camerimage Festival in 1996 and was nominated for the Golden Frog .
background
The film was shot in London and elsewhere in England , Edinburgh , Paris , Thionville and New Zealand . It had its world premiere on September 10, 1996 at the Toronto Film Festival .
literature
- Thomas Hardy : hearts in turmoil (original title: Jude the Obscure ). German by Eva Schumann . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag (dtv), Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-20045-6
Web links
- Jude in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jude at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Jude at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ↑ Hearts in turmoil. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Filming locations for Jude
- ^ Opening dates for Jude